US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on Sept. 30 for "Method for manufacturing an optimized layer of self-sealing product" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,738, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Method for manufacturing an optimized layer of self-sealing product" was invented by Frederic Sarazin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The manufacturing method makes it possible to manufacture a tire (10) comprising: a tread (14), an airtight internal layer (18), and at least one layer of a self-sealing product (80) extending circumferentially radially on the inside of part of the airtight internal layer (18). During the method, a strip or a bead (200) of a self-sealing product is wound through...